Clark County OhArchives Obits.....Raffensperger, Elizabeth C. Thomas April 9, 1834 - April 27, 1910
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Author: Springfield Daily News, Wednesday, April 27, 1910

Springfield Daily News, Wednesday, April 27, 1910:

Mrs. Raffensperger Has Passed Away

Wife of Alfred Raffensperger, a Pioneer Resident, Succumbs

One of Springfield’s Pioneer Residents

    Mrs. Elizabeth C. Raffensperger, wife of Alfred Raffensperger, and a 
pioneer Springfield resident, died at six forty-five o’clock Wednesday morning 
at the family residence, on North Limestone street.
    She had been ill for sometime, and had been confined to the house for 
several weeks.
    She was born in Middletown, Maryland, April 9, 1834, and had jkust passed 
her 76th birthday.
    She was the oldest daughter of the late Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Thomas, who came 
to Ohio in 1841, and located near this city, being married January 31, 1856 to 
Alfred Raffensperger.
    She is survived by her husband, and by a son, Daniel Edwin, and by three 
daughters, Clara, Mary and Lorene, the last two in California.
    She was a sister of the late John H., Richard P and of Chas. E. Thomas, of 
this city, and of Joseph W. Thomas, of San Diego, Cal.
    She was a modest, retiring disposition, but her life was devoted to good 
works of all kinds, and she will be long and sincerely mourned by her family 
and many friends.
    On January 31, last, Mr. And Mrs. Raffensperger celebrated their fifty-
fourth wedding anniversary.  Mrs. Raffensperger was one of the city’s most 
respected residents.
    Funeral services will be held at her late residence, 739 North Limestone 
street, on Friday afternoon, at 2:00 o’clock.


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